Insects
Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
Sighting 3346564

Cryptes baccatus

Wattle Tick Scale at Tennent, ACT

Cryptes baccatus at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014
Cryptes baccatus at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014
Cryptes baccatus at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014
Cryptes baccatus at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014
Cryptes baccatus at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014
Cryptes baccatus at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014
Cryptes baccatus at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014
Cryptes baccatus at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014
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Identification history

Cryptes baccatus 2 Sep 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Cryptes baccatus 31 Aug 2016 RogerF
Unidentified 31 Aug 2016 michaelb

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User's notes

In Gigerline Nature Reserve, on the slopes to the west of the Murrumbidgee River.

2 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   3 Sep 2016
Roger - is the attendant ant a sugar ant Camponotus nigriceps?
RogerF wrote:
   3 Sep 2016
Correct, with the all black gaster

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Cheilanthes sieberi (Rock Fern) at Tennent, ACT - 17 May 2020 by michaelb

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Trifolium arvense var. arvense (Haresfoot Clover) at Tennent, ACT - 17 May 2020 by michaelb

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Nesoptilotis leucotis (White-eared Honeyeater) at Tennent, ACT - 28 Apr 2020 by RodDeb

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Austrogomphus cornutus (Unicorn Hunter) at Tennent, ACT - 28 Dec 2016 by michaelb

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Nososticta solida (Orange Threadtail) at Tennent, ACT - 27 Dec 2016 by michaelb

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Kunzea ericoides (Burgan) at Tennent, ACT - 27 Dec 2016 by michaelb

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Delta bicinctum (Potter wasp) at Tennent, ACT - 27 Dec 2016 by michaelb

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Osphranter robustus (Wallaroo) at Tennent, ACT - 13 Aug 2015 by michaelb

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Calotis lappulacea (Yellow Burr Daisy) at Tennent, ACT - 20 Oct 2014 by michaelb

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Camponotus nigriceps (Black-headed sugar ant) at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014 by michaelb

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Cryptandra speciosa subsp. speciosa (Silky Cryptandra) at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Aug 2014 by michaelb

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Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard) at Gigerline Nature Reserve - 24 Nov 2023 by RodDeb
Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard) at Booth, ACT - 7 Sep 2023 by JimL
Diphlebia nymphoides (Arrowhead Rockmaster) at Tennent, ACT - 30 Nov 2022 by RodDeb
Hippodamia variegata (Spotted Amber Ladybird) at Tennent, ACT - 2 Jan 2022 by Tapirlord
Paropsis pictipennis (Tea-tree button beetle) at Tennent, ACT - 2 Jan 2022 by Tapirlord
Dicranosterna immaculata (Acacia leaf beetle) at Tennent, ACT - 2 Jan 2022 by Tapirlord
Cryptandra speciosa subsp. speciosa (Silky Cryptandra) at Tennent, ACT - 28 Aug 2021 by JohnBundock
Cymbonotus sp. (preissianus or lawsonianus) (Bears Ears) at Tennent, ACT - 26 Aug 2021 by JohnBundock
Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady) at Tennent, ACT - 26 Aug 2021 by JohnBundock
Osphranter robustus (Wallaroo) at Tennent, ACT - 7 Jul 2021 by michaelb
Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady) at Tennent, ACT - 24 Nov 2020 by RodDeb
Tolpis barbata (Yellow Hawkweed) at Tennent, ACT - 17 May 2020 by michaelb
Cheilanthes sieberi (Rock Fern) at Tennent, ACT - 17 May 2020 by michaelb
Trifolium arvense var. arvense (Haresfoot Clover) at Tennent, ACT - 17 May 2020 by michaelb
Pimelea curviflora (Curved Rice-flower) at Tennent, ACT - 17 May 2020 by michaelb
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Tennent, ACT - 17 May 2020 by michaelb
Nesoptilotis leucotis (White-eared Honeyeater) at Tennent, ACT - 28 Apr 2020 by RodDeb
Junonia villida (Meadow Argus) at Tennent, ACT - 2 Mar 2020 by RodDeb
Austrogomphus cornutus (Unicorn Hunter) at Tennent, ACT - 3 Dec 2019 by JohnBundock
Theclinesthes serpentata (Saltbush Blue) at Tennent, ACT - 13 Apr 2019 by michaelb
Pachycephala olivacea (Olive Whistler) at Tennent, ACT - 11 Jun 2018 by KumikoCallaway
Pycnobraconoides sp. (genus) (A Braconid wasp) at Tennent, ACT - 21 Apr 2018 by YumiCallaway
Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort) at Tennent, ACT - 28 Dec 2016 by michaelb
Austrogomphus cornutus (Unicorn Hunter) at Tennent, ACT - 28 Dec 2016 by michaelb
Nososticta solida (Orange Threadtail) at Tennent, ACT - 27 Dec 2016 by michaelb
Kunzea ericoides (Burgan) at Tennent, ACT - 27 Dec 2016 by michaelb
Delta bicinctum (Potter wasp) at Tennent, ACT - 27 Dec 2016 by michaelb
Osphranter robustus (Wallaroo) at Tennent, ACT - 13 Aug 2015 by michaelb
Calotis lappulacea (Yellow Burr Daisy) at Tennent, ACT - 20 Oct 2014 by michaelb
Camponotus nigriceps (Black-headed sugar ant) at Tennent, ACT - 6 Aug 2014 by michaelb
Cryptandra speciosa subsp. speciosa (Silky Cryptandra) at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Aug 2014 by michaelb

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Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 6 Aug 2014 06:18 PM Recorded on
  • michaelb Recorded by

Species information

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